Julius wodiska



J. woDIsKA.

(No Model.)

BAR RING.

Paten-t'ed Aug. 8,v 1893 W/ TNE 885 8 UNITED STATEs PATENT OFFICE.

JULIUs woDIsKA, on NEW YORK, N. Y.

EAR-RING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of LettersPatent No. 502,801, dated August 8, 1893.

Application filed May 7, 1891. i Serial No. 391.916. (No model.)

' specification.

My invention relates. to an improved earring and consists in providing an car-ring with a looking-bar or post, hereinafter clearly described, Whereby the car-ring Will be prevented from tilting.

The' obj ect of my invention is to so construc't an ear-ring that when it is placed in the ear it Will be securely held and prevented from tilting. Rings with stones, as well as others, are liable to tilt so as to bring the Weighted part clear to the lower end, whereas it should remain at all times at the side of the ear. My looking-bar prevents this tilting.

My invention is illnstrated by the accompanying drawings, wherein- Figure 1 is a part sectional side elevation of my improved car-ring. Figs. 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 show different modifications of the same.

A is a spring wire loop which penetrates the lobe of the ear and by which the car-ring is held against the ear.

B is a small tube fixed to the inner end of the Wire A. Through this tube extends a post D. This post extends up into the loop formed by the wire A and sets snugly against the back of the ear When the ear-ringis in p0-.

sition. The post D may be frictionally carried within the tube B, or may be threaded, to be raised and lowered by means of a nut, or may be otherwise carried. By lowering the post D so that the upper end (which may be slightly enlarged) rests against the tube the entire space Within the 100p A is free. The Wire A may be then introduced through the pierce in the car, the post D raised into the position shown in Fig. 1, and the Wire A sprung under a suitable catch E, which fixes the car-ring in position.

Inl Fig. 2 the post-D is supplied atits lower end with the catchE'. The car-ring in this case is placed in the car, while the upper enlargement of the post D rests against the upper end of the tube B. Then, When the WireAis in position, the post Dtis raised, which brings up at the same time the catch E, and the end l of the Wire A is sprung so that it penetrates the catch E, thereby securing the same.

Fig. 3 shows a modification of Fig. 2, in which a small spring-catch H is used, afiixed to the side of the tube B and extending downwardly toward and against the post D, so that when the post D and the catch E are raised, the catch H will enter the catch E and -bear against the under side of the same, thereby holding the post D securely in place. (Fig. 3 shows the post D but partly raised.)

Fig. LL shows a modification in which the Wire A is hinged at the point a. At the inner side of the Wire A and projecting into the loop formed by said Wire is the fixed post D. By nnhooking the lower end of the Wire A from the catch E, the Wire A may be swung back on the hinge a and introduced into the ear. It is then shut until a catch b acts as a check for one side of the hinge, thereby allowing the end of the Wire A to be sprung under the catch E, thus retaining the ear-lobe within the space formed by the post D and the loop in the wire A. l

Fig. 5 shows a modification in which the post D instead of being fixed or movable up and down, as in Figs. l to 4 inclusive, is pivoted at d and held in position by the spring d'. When it is desired to introduce this earring into the ear, thel Wire A is released from the catch E, the post D is sprung down and the car-ring adj usted in the usual manner; the post D is then sprung up in position shown in Fig. 6, and the Wire A sprung into the catch E.

Fig. 6 shows a modification in which the post D instead of being held as in the previous cases, is pivotally carried on the WireA at d2 so as to turn round the Wire A. The opposite end of the postD is slightly bifurcated so that when the Wire A is lsprung under the catch E the arms of the fork at one end of the postD Will rest, one on one side, and one on the other side of the Wire A, thus securely holding said post D in place, the ear-lobe being indicated in the Variousfigures by dotted lines.

By means of the barD Whichenters the main loop of the Wire Abehind lthelobe of the ear, the tilting of the car-ring is entirely obviated and made impossible. It is immaterial whether the bar D be fixed as in Fig. 5, hinged IOC as in Figs. 6, 7 and 8, sliding as in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, screw threaded, or otherwise brought in place behind the lobe.

What I mean by post or bar D is either a single post or any analogous structure adapted to come behind the Iobe of the ear.

Having thus described my invention, what I desire t-o secure by Letters Patent and claim 1s- 1. In an car-ring the main continuous Wire A and catch E, combined With the post D which is adapted to traverse the loop formed by the continuous Wire A, substantially as described.

2. In an car-ring.r the main continuous Wire A, the catch E, and the movable post D, all 

